reefnoob616
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What is the best thing to feed them? I am getting a flame angel and bi color in my 75g tank. Have clowns and chromis on number 2 pellets with hatched brine shrimp once a week. Is there anything else I should be doing?
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Squared
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You can't have two angels in that tank. Pick one. The bicolor is harder to keep. Get the flame, but you need to make sure you QT it and be 100% positive that is healthy and eating.
What exactly are number 2 pellets? Hatching brine shrimp to feed clownfish is completely unnecessary, and also not very nutritious. Get some frozen brine with spirulina, and PE mysis to start. It is also good to soak foods in selcon or vitachem.
I feed my dwarf angel (a brazilian flameback) PE mysis, hikari brine, nutramar ova, cyclopeeze, and soak the foods in either vitachem or garlic. Angels love picking at the rocks for food as well.
What exactly are number 2 pellets? Hatching brine shrimp to feed clownfish is completely unnecessary, and also not very nutritious. Get some frozen brine with spirulina, and PE mysis to start. It is also good to soak foods in selcon or vitachem.
I feed my dwarf angel (a brazilian flameback) PE mysis, hikari brine, nutramar ova, cyclopeeze, and soak the foods in either vitachem or garlic. Angels love picking at the rocks for food as well.
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FishLipz
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Yeah, two dwarf angels in a 75 may cause you some headache. I'm not saying that it can't work (because I've seen it done), but chances are it won't. As far as foods, they eat most anything. New Life Spectrum pellets and mysis are two of my Pygmy angel's favorites.
mfinn
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I agree that a 75 is a little small for 2 Centropyge angels.
I've had more than one in bigger tanks, so it is possible to keep more than one together.
The two I have now ( flame and a coral beauty) eat anything I put in the tank. From flakes to pellets to frozen.
I've had more than one in bigger tanks, so it is possible to keep more than one together.
The two I have now ( flame and a coral beauty) eat anything I put in the tank. From flakes to pellets to frozen.
Trex
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I disagree about not having multiple dwarfs in that tank.
In my 65 I have 3 -- Multicolored, Coral Beauty, and Flame -- have been together for just under 2 years now. (( the multicolored and coral beauty were together for an additional 1.5 years, moved 2 years ago )).
Until a screw up on my part, I had a potters and an Centropyge deborae, without any issues.
Been mixing dwarfs for about 6 years now.
I also have an Centropyge venustus in a 40 breeder (( used to be with the multicolor and coral beauty before my move )).
All of my dwarfs eat the same things -- a lot of everything ha. --- Rod's food -- blue, orange/red and green label, LifeLine's Herbivore mix, Prime Reef, angel formula, PE Mysis, and Spectrum pellets. I have yet to find something they won't eat.
In my 65 I have 3 -- Multicolored, Coral Beauty, and Flame -- have been together for just under 2 years now. (( the multicolored and coral beauty were together for an additional 1.5 years, moved 2 years ago )).
Until a screw up on my part, I had a potters and an Centropyge deborae, without any issues.
Been mixing dwarfs for about 6 years now.
I also have an Centropyge venustus in a 40 breeder (( used to be with the multicolor and coral beauty before my move )).
All of my dwarfs eat the same things -- a lot of everything ha. --- Rod's food -- blue, orange/red and green label, LifeLine's Herbivore mix, Prime Reef, angel formula, PE Mysis, and Spectrum pellets. I have yet to find something they won't eat.
